Transport in Turkmenistan
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[edit] Railways
total: 2,187 km
broad gauge: 2,187 km 1.520-m gauge (1996 est.)
[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries
- Iran - yes - 1524mm/1435mm break-of-gauge
- Afghanistan - yes - very short - otherwise no railways
- Kazakhstan - via Uzbekistan.
- Uzbekistan - yes
[edit] Maps
[edit] 2006
- NEW LINE IN TURKMENISTAN - 29 March 2006 - A new 540km line linking Kypchak and Dashoguz was completed recently in Turkmenistan at a cost of $US2 billion, including rolling stock and the provision of 17 bridges. It is planned to start building an extension beyond Dashoguz as far as Turkmenbashi in 2007, with an expected finishing date in 2010. [2]
[edit] Cities served by rail
- Turkmenbashi
- Nebitdag
- Gazanjyk
- Gyzlarbat
- Bami
- Bakharden
- Buzmeyin
- Ashgabat- national capital
- Artyk
- Dushat
- Tectzhen
- Mary - junction
- Gushgy - railhead near Afghan border.
- Charjew - junction
[edit] Highways
total: 24,000 km
paved: 19,488 km (these roads are said to be hard-surfaced, meaning that some are paved and some are all-weather gravel surfaced)
unpaved: 4,512 km (1996 est.)
[edit] Waterways
the Amu Darya is an important inland waterway
[edit] Pipelines
crude oil 250 km; natural gas 4,400 km
[edit] Ports and harbours
- Turkmenbashi (on the Caspian Sea) - railhead - 1524mm gauge.
[edit] Merchant marine
total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,896 GRT/3,389 DWT
ships by type: petroleum tanker 1 (1999 est.)
[edit] Airports
64 (1994 est.)
[edit] Airports - with paved runways
total: 22
2,438 to 3,047 m: 13
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (1994 est.)
[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 42
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 35 (1994 est.)
[edit] See also
This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.
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